ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2732, 29 March 1916, Page 6

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

« FATAL TRAP ACCIDENT. By Telegraph—Press Association. Oamaru, March 28. Thomas Duckworth, a married man agod 55, was killed last, night by a trap capsizing over a bank on the road to Fakataramea. CYCLING FATALITY. . Hastings, March 28. Mr. Charles Martin, a land agent, aged seventy years, was cycling in Heretaunga Street last night, when he swerved across the road, and was

knocked down by,a motor cyclist, who did everything possible to avoid a collision. Mr. Martin died this morning as the result of his injuries. He was for many years a'resident of Elthain, -where at one time he held the joint position of stationmaster and postmaster. FOUND DEAD. Rotorua, March 28. Thomas M'Keown, aged 40, a single man, was found dead in his cottage last night. He was formerly a jockey, and latterly town dustman. Heart disease is supposed to have been the cause of his death. ' > NAIRN STREET"TRAGEDY. At an early hour this morning the Hospital report was that there was practically no change in the condition of tile young woman White, and the man Devoin,- concerned in the shooting tragedy in the. Nairn Street Reserve on Monday night. __rNQUEST NOT NECESSARY; In connection with the sudden death of Mrs. Sarah' Elizabeth Turner at Te Aro railway station on Sunday last, the Coroner : has decided ' that an inquest mil not be necessary. A doctor, who had previously attended the deceased, has certified as to the cause of death. • FALL FROM A TRAM. _ . 'A. man named Podman was admitted to the Hospital last evening, suffering from injuries to the head, sustained in a fall while alighting from a tram in Rintoul Street. On Thursday last a three-year-old boy named Logan, residing in Mein Street, was leaning over a fence erected at the top of a concrete wall, when he overbalanced and fell. He received medical but succumbed yesterday to his injuries, which it is understood! included a fractured skull. 'An' inquest will be held.